SoCal SkyLights: Vandenberg launches Impending launches from Vandenberg Air Force Base http://www.socal-skylights.org/sky_vandenberg.html Delta 2 launch on August 22, 2008, time TBD A Delta 2 will orbit GeoEye 1, a commercial imaging satellite. http://www.socal-skylights.org/sky_vandenberg.html#20080822 Atlas 5 launch on September 18, 2008, time TBD This Atlas 5 is scheduled to orbit a DMSP (weather satellite) for the Defense Dept. http://www.socal-skylights.org/sky_vandenberg.html#20080918 Taurus XL launch, scheduled for January 15, 2009, time TBD This all-solid-rocket booster will orbit a Carbon Observatory satellite for NASA. http://www.socal-skylights.org/sky_vandenberg.html#20090115